This Pumpkin Spice Biscotti has all the flavors of pumpkin pie in a delicious cookie that you can dip in coffee!
These fall biscotti would be great to take to a Halloween party or bring a tin with you for Thanksgiving!
The official first day of fall has happened, so I feel safe posting some fall recipes, specifically pumpkin recipes. When to start posting pumpkin recipes is kind of a tricky thing.
You start too early and you have people glaring at you from behind their pile of just harvested tomatoes and zucchini, you start too late and people have moved on to Christmas baking. Like in retail, the whole holiday season in food blog land is a tricky path to follow.
But this is such a yummy pumpkin cookie recipe that you need to see it now!
Ingredients.
This recipe calls for macadamia nuts. Sometimes they can be tricky to find, so I have successfully substituted almonds, which are much easier to find.
Canned pumpkin - you only need ½ cup, so you will be pleased to know that pumpkin puree freezes beautifully! I like to portion out another ½ cup so that I can make these again. I also freeze it in ice cube trays, to stir into oatmeal.
Tips for Making Biscotti
I found this recipe for Pumpkin Pie Biscotti at Recipe Girl. The dough is very dry and crumbly. You may need to add a little more pumpkin puree. You don't want it super wet, but you do want it to be able to hold together.
She makes 4 1-inch logs and I chose to make 2 2-inch logs, which is what I usually do with biscotti. It's easier to shape if you wet your hands a bit and kind of pat and push it into shape.
Then I also added a white chocolate glaze - just melted some white chocolate and drizzled it over the top of the cooled biscotti. Because everything is better with a white chocolate drizzle, don't you agree?
This pumpkin biscotti has a really nice texture, crunchy, but not too much. Nice and crumbly and perfect when dipped in coffee. The flavor is not over-the-top pumpkin. It's just a lovely small hint of fall with it's light pumpkin spice flavor..
This is perfect for Halloween treats or even for Thanksgiving! We have family members dropping in all day long on Thanksgiving and these are perfect, they can even take some home with them!
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Recipe.
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Pumpkin Spice Biscotti
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons salted butter
- 1 ¼ cups macadamia nuts coarsely chopped
- 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups brown sugar firmly packed
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- ½ cup pumpkin puree
- 2 large eggs lightly beaten
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup white chocolate chips for drizzling, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a baking sheet or use parchment paper.
- Spread the nuts out on the cookie sheet and roast for 10 minutes or until browned. Remove and allow to cool.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice; stir well to combine.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together pumpkin, eggs, and vanilla, stirring well with a wire whisk.
- Slowly stir the wet pumpkin mixture into the dry ingredients. The dough will be very crumbly. Keep working at it, if it needs it add about a tablespoon or less of extra pumpkin puree.
- Knead or gently stir the cooled nuts into the pumpkin pie biscotti dough. Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and with floured hands shape into 2 2-inch by 15 inch logs. (I usually just shape mine on the parchment paper.)
- Bake for about 25 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 300°F. Cut each log diagonally into ½-inch slices using a serrated knife. Place the slices back on the cookie sheets and bake for 15 minutes. Cool completely on wire racks.
- If desired, melt white chocolate chips either in a double boiler or in the microwave at 30 second intervals. When smooth, spoon into a condiment bottle and drizzle over the cooled biscotti. Let the chocolate firm up before storing in tins or airtight container.
April J Harris says
I adore pumpkin, Pam, so it's never too early for me! Your Biscotti look gorgeous. Pinning to two boards. Hope you are having a lovely week!
Pam Greer says
Thanks April!
Miz Helen says
I love Biscotti and the pumpkin will be great for fall! Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Pam Greer says
Thanks Helen!
Ann says
I adore biscotti but I'm not sure if I can find pumpkin pie spice here. We have a Williams Sonoma here (a small one) - maybe they have it.
Miz Helen says
Hi Pam,
I am so excited about your Pumpkin Pie Biscotti, can't wait to make it! Hope you are having a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life says
Your biscotti looks delicious, Pam! I'm thinking it would make a really lovely hostess gift...if they didn't all get eaten first, of course!
Pam Greer says
They are hard to resist!
Kimberly says
I absolutely love this! Yummy. Pinned. It is so fun to party with you. Thank you. I hope to see you at our party on Monday at 7 pm.
Happy Saturday! Lou Lou Girls
grace says
if you're gonna make biscotti, you sure as heck had better put some glaze on it. this is a great combination!
Pam Greer says
I rarely glaze biscotti, but now, I'm afraid I'll never have a naked biscotti again!
Rivki Locker (Ordinary Blogger) says
In my opinion you can NEVER have too many pumpkin recipes. This looks like a great addition to my collection. I have LOADS of recipes for bread, pancakes, muffins, and cookies featuring pumpkin. But no biscotti! Thanks for sharing!
Pam Greer says
Oh good, I'm happy to be your first pumpkin biscotti recipe!
Emelia says
Here from Delicious Dish Tuesday 🙂 what an amazing recipe! I can't wait to try these...thanks so much for sharing!
Pam Greer says
Let me know if you like them! Thanks for visiting!
Jillian says
Pumpkin Pie Biscotti!?! This sounds (AND LOOKS!) like an amazing idea! Perfect to dunk in some Pumpkin Spiced coffee....gotta try these!
Pam Greer says
It is so good!
Barbara says
Great minds think alike....I made some pumpkin pie biscotti too, not Lori's recipe though. Not posting for a while though and will go into drafts to compare recipes. No macadamia nuts in mine....what a great idea!
Joanne says
What perfect fall coffee dunkers!
Betsy says
Hi Pam, You must know how much I love Pumpkin ANYTHING... ha ha .. The Pumpkin Biscotti looks TERRIFIC. Thanks for the recipe.
Hugs,
Betsy
Marjie says
You always make biscotti, and they always look so good. Maybe I will give these a try, although I don't know if my resident fussbudget son will approve.